Mark Felton and the King's Own Calgary Regiment

[@thenoobgameplays]

For a second, when i saw the notification, i got confused

[@SmittyMRE]

I continue to learn new things from you and am ever grateful for it.

[@gendroon8123]

what he said

[@37A-s6h]

I thought Mark Felton got someone else to voice his videos lol

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

He'd be crazy to, he has the perfect voice for it. And the voice in this one would be a definite downgrade by comparison.

[@KAMiKAZE-T.V.]

@@HandGrenadeDivision this guys voice is awesome. Both great narrators or hosts or whatever its called

[@colson3050]

We need more unit history work all over canada tbh. I know the LDSH in edmonton are working to preserve there units history from ww1 atm but how much of that will make it out of the unit is beyond me as I have left the unit at this time and moved to europe.

[@edgaraquino2324]

Good catch! Interesting video, thanks! Also thanks for Col. Bogey's March...

[@bobmcbob9603]

Excellent production I look forward to the next visit to the museum in Calgary it is exceptional! Perhaps you might consider covering other Alberta regiments the LER for instance. Cheers

[@stardog62]

I have been searching for years for a resource for identifying badges of the Canadian army. (I live in the States) That is why I am so glad to have happened onto this video and to have seen the copy of The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army as pictured near the beginning. My search appears to be over at last.

[@roetchen]

whenever a mark felton video comes out, there are immediately half a dozen or so comments along the lines of 'thank you dr felton for another marvellous video! how on earth do you keep it up?' the wording is usually close to identical. they always call him 'dr felton' - nobody calls anyone by their title and surname online! 'mark' would be more realistsic. and if you click on the channel name to see who left the comment, they are always defunct accounts - started several years ago, with no content whatever. try it and see. also, you have to wonder about someone who begins every video with a lingering closeup of himself...

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

Tough work building a brand, fer shure. If you're worried about that kind of thing. It's a fine line, isn't it, between successfully marketing yourself and simply being crass. I think we all see the line differently. I suspect you and I may see the line quite similarly but I'm starting to wonder if the evolving culture doesn't put us in the minority. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@Geferulf_TAS]

Felton is a plagerist hack

[@Nord_Productions]

Wow, really informative, great work, i wish you good luck with future videos!

[@YourTypicalMental]

I came thinking this was another Mark Felton meme shitposts, I stayed to learned about my country's military history in my adoptive hometown.

[@jaxxx40]

My Grandfather was Calgary Tanks,landed in Italy continued in through the war,re-enlisted after the war. Retired in '68. I collect Calgary Tank items. I have the Sun cap badge and modern one,as well as other items from my other Grandparents time in the millitary. More program,literature of the 14 CAR would be great. The book Liri Valley is pretty good.

[@mateobelanger7229]

Hell yeah Calgary! 🇨🇦

[@jordanmagpiebulletYT7978]

Same my friend Born and raised

[@mabbrey]

fantastic work

[@xtraspicy6064]

Just watched this and got my bro's reaction who has served with the KOCR for 30 years: Yeah, I saw this when it came out. Wicked that somebody took the time to do this. He's right, considering the ridiculously rich heritage of the regiment, very little makes it to the public eye. He nailed everything, and only missed two things. One minor and the other not so minor. The first one is that when the unit become the Calgary Regiment, it was actually a machine gun regiment, back when that was still a thing. The second is that King's Own is not just an acknowledgement of our alliance with the King's Own Border Regiment, it's a title that was actually bestowed upon the unit by the King. Kind of a big deal. Interesting fact, there were at one point half a dozen King’s Own regiments throughout the Commonwealth. We are now the only ones left - in the entire world - with that title.

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

Very interesting. The Calgary Regiment absorbed the 13th MG Coy of the disbanded Machine Gun Corps in April 1936, but according to the official lineage at DHH, never received the "MG" designation. The document is also silent on their role changing from a rifle battalion to an MG battalion, though either way, the change to Tanks came less than a year later. Perhaps I was too zealous in trying to streamline the timeline to save time by leaving that out. I will however plead guilty to not giving the King's Own title it's proper weight as a bestowal by His Majesty. Mea culpa! Thanks for pointing it out. Also very interesting that the Calgary "KO" is the last of the "KO"'s. Lineage document is here: www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/armour-regiments/kings-own-calgary-regiment.html

[@xtraspicy6064]

@@HandGrenadeDivision thanks for the follow up. I will be sure to follow up with my brother. PS he's the one with the Guidon at 8:56 🤫😁

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

@@xtraspicy6064 I've never talked to him but I seem to recall reading his journalism pieces in the local papers. Thanks again for passing his comments on.

[@xtraspicy6064]

@@HandGrenadeDivision oh are you from Calgary?

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

@@xtraspicy6064 As an international man of mystery I'm reluctant to answer truthfully, and more so because of certain associations I maintain. Let's just say my own regiment always considered the KOCR our "ugly sister." That doesn't mean I can't recognize their excellent history and the dedicated service of men and women like your brother. Onward!

[@CaproVinos]

Can you do the history of Leibstandarte?

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

Not really my area of interest, but it is a worthy topic for someone passionate about it. I did do some study of the Army's Grossdeutschland Verbände, and their history was in many ways parallel to the LAH. I might do a video on them at some point, but again, it is better if someone with a real passion for the topic does it. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@scottcoffman8306]

very well done

[@MAAAAAAAAAA123]

Will you cover Canadians actions at and around Caen?

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

It's an interest of mine but I'm not sure I have anything new to say. I really liked Milner's book STOPPING THE PANZERS which gives a startlingly fresh interpretation of the role of 3 Cdn Div in the beachhead battles. I wouldn't want to just rip off his book in producing a video - you should read it if you haven't already - but if I could work in some other lesser known research it might be doable. I'll think on it. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@garygenerous8982]

Awesome video! Though I must say it feels kinda weird seeing places I go all the time on video… guess that just means we need more videos about southern Alberta… ;P

[@budprepper3811]

Excellent 👍

[@shaider1982]

This probably is the 2nd mark felton reaction video I watched. The 1st one was by Greg's auto and airplanes on the supposed secret lancaster to drop the bombs. It was impractical to use the Lanc, along with lower range and speed to survive the trip over Japan

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

I wasn't aware of that channel, thank you pointing it out. For others interested, his Felton reaction video is here, and it is quite interesting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXylXqKnmdSXq9k

[@tracyphillips3325]

Interesting video. Come over from Smitty's channel.

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

Smitty's the man, thanks for checking the channel out.

[@xiiostarian]

For a second, I thought it was Calvary not Calgary😂

[@daveJDB]

Interesting.

[@KilRoy680]

Fun fact about Canadian cap badges, the RCD (Royal Canadian Dragoons) cap badge is the only Canadian cap badge without a crown

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

I really wanted to put a picture of the Canadian Provost Corps badge in but the video was way too long already. The badge depicts a lion standing on top of the crown, and because the crown has to be above everything, on top of the lion's head - is a second, smaller crown.

[@the_gameing_otaku]

My home city

[@seanm2511]

Well I wouldn't really call "Dr. Mark Felton" a reliable source. However, he did at least use a badge with a king's crown. That's something.

[@thedwightguy]

Dr. Felton is one of the very few researchers about WW2 that always mentions who were REALLY there: The British, AND the Canadians. Usually all leave Canada out (along with Australia, India, South Africa, and New Zealand, and mention onlyi as an afterthought. This is especially true of American based "research" videos and articles. My uncles were in the infantry in Europe YEARS before the Americans even THOUGHT of showing up. (My grandfather was in the Duluth Signal Corps. in WW1.

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

@@thedwightguy I agree it is important that fundamental understanding of the participants in the Second World War need to account for the contributions of the smaller powers like the various British Empire forces. But historical accuracy also demands that the United States not be pilloried for "showing up late." The US started drafting men over a year before their official entry into the war, and President Roosevelt was pushing the bounds of what he could do to help the Allies long before Pearl Harbor, including the occupation of Iceland, participating in the Battle of the Atlantic, the Lend-Lease program, etc. Saying that the Americans never even thought about entering the war is as unfair as excluding Canada from coverage of D-Day.

[@smanchgibley3839]

Finally someone calls out that fraud of a historian

[@ScumfuckMcDoucheface]

Yeah man, I deleted him over a year ago now.

[@ScumfuckMcDoucheface]

@Yasser Arsalane constant mistakes in his videos, even really basic stuff... not helped by him sorta having a "better-than-thou" tone.... That's just my opinion though, all kinds of people like 'em so *shrug* the hell do I know =) haha

[@neo214]

@Yasser Arsalane I think he's fucking around.

[@caintz7792]

This video repeatedly makes the effort to show how and why this kind of mistake not only happens, but is forgivable in the grand scope of things even from the perspective of a historian. Calling out these mistakes is good for everyone as history, even down to the smallest detail such as this, should be remembered

[@KAMiKAZE-T.V.]

Nobody "called out" Dr. Felton. Handgrenadedivision was simply mentioning 1 mistake in 1 video out of the hundreds of videos he has made. Dr. Mark Feltons credibility and credentials are unquestionable. If you dislike him then thats your choice, but dont make blatant lies calling him a "fraud" after he has literally dedicated his life to researching history, and lucky for us he decides to share that knowledge.

[@paulflak2823]

As the former archivist for the KOCR from 1989 to 1997, I can tell you the archives were a total disaster and given little attention by L Col Sharpe who fought to get the museum moved fro m a back room at Mewata Armory to the Museums of the Regiments (as it was once called). Almost all funds went into building the gallery, and I had to scrounge anything I could to sort out the archives. I have since moved out of Calgary and I have heard this is no longer a staff member working there, just the odd volunteer. If anyone is interested in working back there, look for a cigar box from 1910s and read the letters from a soldier on the front line, back to his wife. Read the last letter carefully as it is covered in his blood. Also there is a German book somewhere in there that L Col Sharpe hid away that details the true objectives of the Dieppe Raid according to the German high command, and it has lots to do with the airfield to the SE, radar and the jet engines that were stored there, hence why tanks were sent on a raid with little German armor in the area.

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

Working on a history of the Calgary Highlanders, I was pleased to find that the Highlanders' archive retained the original Minute Book started by William Armstrong in the months leading up to the creation of the 103rd Calgary Rifles. The book - written in longhand - is a written account of all the officers' meetings from about 1908 until after the First World War ended and the regiment was reorganized into the Calgary Regiment. If that account had never been saved in an archive, our understanding of the regiment's history in the period 1910-1920 would be much poorer. Hats off to all the archivists and the individuals - like you - who recognized the value and importance of preserving our shared history. Thank you for sharing your experience here.